Museum Studies Program Blog
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MSP16 trip to Chicago
In October 2016 the group traveled to Chicago for a few days to visit some museums. Here are some highlights.
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MSP’ers at The Henry Ford
MSP current students (Sarah McLusky and Lauren Stamm) and alumni (Caroline Braden) work in various capacities at The Henry Ford.
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Detroit workshop April 15 – New Voices and Detroit Museums: From Midtown and Beyond.
Friday, April 15 9:30 am – 12:45 pm UM Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium Today, the city of Detroit is once again taking its place at the heart of the United States’ cultural landscape—as a center of creativity, imagination, artistic production and...
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2015 Annual Michigan Museums Association Conference
The 2015 annual Michigan Museums Association Conference was held on the campus of the University of Michigan. The Museum Studies Program assisted in coordinating this event, and many of our faculty, alumni, and students participated in a highly successful conference.
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Alumni kudos!
Kudos to… Monica Patterson (MSP07) has recently begun a new position at Carleton College as Head of their Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Studies, a one-year interdisciplinary program designed for current MA and PhD students who wish to integrate curatorial training into their degree programs, or international and professional...
Alumni kudos!
Kudos to… Helen Dixon (MSP07) begins a new position, as Assistant Professor of Religion in the Department of Biblical Studies, at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. She has recently coordinated a symposium on the theme of “Working with Cultural Objects and Manuscripts” in Helsinki. Helen...
Alumni kudos!
Kudos to… Olga Khroustaleva (MSP05) who continues to work with Google, though is now working in Munich where she leads a team responsible for designing products that deal with trust and privacy.
Endangered Heritage symposium
(note, video image begins about 2 minutes into recording) War, climate change, globalization, and economic development pose significant threats to the world’s natural and cultural heritage. Societies around the world share many of the same concerns, even as specific regions, countries, and communities face...
Aspiration/Obligation? Imagining Intellectual Freedom in Museums
How Do Museums Respond to Public Challenges to Their Exhibitions? What Would a National “Bill of Rights” for Museum Visitors Look Like? Should Museums Limit Access to Potentially Controversial Materials? Since the 1930s, American libraries have organized their work around a set of...
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